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Bronze Age dugout canoe, circa 2200 BC
A history of Ireland in 100 objects Bronze Age dugout canoe by Fintan O’Toole (taken from the Irish Times Link) It is so long – 15m in all – that it cannot be photographed as a whole inside the...
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The sweat house at Creevaghbaun, Co. Galway
Creevaghbaun sweat house I recently visited a small but distinctive archaeological site at Creevaghbaun, Co. Galway. It consists of diminutive well-built structure that is known locally as a ‘teach...
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Dunmore Castle, Co. Galway
The imposing ruins of Dunmore castle tower above the rolling fields of north Galway. Situated on a small hillock, the first castle at this site was built by the Anglo-Norman de-Birmingham family in...
View ArticleThe Lurgan Canoe, an Early Bronze Age boat from Galway
Over 4000 years old, the Lurgan canoe was discovered in 1901 by Patrick Coen as he worked in a Co. Galway bog that had once been a shallow lake. It is carved from a giant oak trunk and measures over 14...
View Article‘A Cure for Warts’. Folklore from Co. Galway
This folklore account suggests various ‘cures’ for the common and often persistent skin condition, warts. It was told by John Lynksey from Barnaderg, Co. Galway in 1937/38. A snail rubbed on the wart...
View ArticleChurching the Cow: Folklore from Co. Galway
These two fascinating folklore accounts from Co. Galway detail a practice known as ‘churching the cow’. It was carried out immediately after calving and was believed to protect the cow from harm or...
View ArticleSigns of the Weather from the Sky, the Sun, the Moon, the Stars and the...
This folkore account details some of the signs associated with approaching weather systems. It is based on information supplied in 1938 by Edmond Burke (age 53) from Bunatober, Corrandulla, Co. Galway....
View ArticleNan O’Toole: A Folk Medicine Practitioner from Galway
Nan O'Toole sold fish in Eglinton Street and was also known to have cures for many ailments.... The post Nan O’Toole: A Folk Medicine Practitioner from Galway first appeared on Irish Archaeology.
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